Harnessing ComplexityBasic Books, 01/08/2008 - 208 من الصفحات Harnessing Complexity will be indispensable to anyone who wants to better comprehend how people and organizations can adapt effectively in the information age. This book is a step-by-step guide to understanding the processes of variation, interaction, and selection that are at work in all organizations. The authors show how to use their own paradigm of "bottom up" management, the Complex Adaptive System-whether in science, public policy, or private commerce. This simple model of how people work together will change forever how we think about getting things done in a group. "Harnessing Complexity distills the managerial essence of current research on complexity. "A very valuable contribution to the emerging theory of competition and competitive advantage."-C.K. Prahalad, University of Michigan, coauthor of Competing for the Future "A brilliant exposition that demystifies both the theory and use of Complex Adaptive Systems."-John Seely Brown, Xerox Corporation and Palo Alto Research Center |
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... ideas of our framework. We do not linger over important details that are considered later, but we set out the central ideas that have guided our development of the framework. They are: • the difficulty of prediction in complex settings ...
... ideas of our framework. We do not linger over important details that are considered later, but we set out the central ideas that have guided our development of the framework. They are: • the difficulty of prediction in complex settings ...
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... idea of a population of agents is our third major concept. Indeed, the idea is so central that we sometimes refer to our framework as the “population approach to Complex Adaptive Systems.” If you are seeking to harness complexity ...
... idea of a population of agents is our third major concept. Indeed, the idea is so central that we sometimes refer to our framework as the “population approach to Complex Adaptive Systems.” If you are seeking to harness complexity ...
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... idea to just those cases where they are definitely succeeding; instead, we use the phrase more broadly to include actions that may lead to improvement. Second, our use of the term says only that the 8 Harnessing Complexity.
... idea to just those cases where they are definitely succeeding; instead, we use the phrase more broadly to include actions that may lead to improvement. Second, our use of the term says only that the 8 Harnessing Complexity.
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... idea is to use our knowledge of complexity to do better. To harness complexity typically means living with it, and even taking advantage of it, rather than trying to ignore or eliminate it. Let's return to the four examples introduced ...
... idea is to use our knowledge of complexity to do better. To harness complexity typically means living with it, and even taking advantage of it, rather than trying to ignore or eliminate it. Let's return to the four examples introduced ...
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... idea is so effective that 97 percent of loans are repaid, which is comparable to Chase Manhattan's rate. Today there are over a thousand branch offices, serving more than two million clients in Bangladesh, and the idea is being imitated ...
... idea is so effective that 97 percent of loans are repaid, which is comparable to Chase Manhattan's rate. Today there are over a thousand branch offices, serving more than two million clients in Bangladesh, and the idea is being imitated ...
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